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| − | I’ve tried explaining GeoHashing to my parents a few times, usually when they ask about the dent in the back of my car. | + | I’ve tried explaining GeoHashing to my parents a few times, usually when they ask about the [[2022-08-25 -36 145|dent in the back of my car]]. |
Generally there’s frowning, some confusion, and questions like, “So… what is it you’re supposed to find at the point?” | Generally there’s frowning, some confusion, and questions like, “So… what is it you’re supposed to find at the point?” | ||
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So I look up today’s location on a whim and lo it is 6km from the house, 250m from the nearest road, and situated inside the picturesque Kirks Reservoir Park. I declare a Family Adventure. | So I look up today’s location on a whim and lo it is 6km from the house, 250m from the nearest road, and situated inside the picturesque Kirks Reservoir Park. I declare a Family Adventure. | ||
| − | “Why?” | + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 Dangerfolk.jpg|thumb|Team DangerHash]] |
| − | “Where are we going?” | + | |
| − | “Do we have to take a selfie?” | + | “Why?”<br> |
| + | “Where are we going?”<br> | ||
| + | “Do we have to take a selfie?”<br> | ||
“Are you taking us to get hash?” | “Are you taking us to get hash?” | ||
| − | Gosh, parents have so many questions. | + | Gosh, parents have so many questions. |
We drive to the reserve, and on the way we see some crimson rosellas and a wedge-tailed eagle so it’s already a win. | We drive to the reserve, and on the way we see some crimson rosellas and a wedge-tailed eagle so it’s already a win. | ||
Dangermum says she is confident she’ll be able to walk the required 250m, however once we get to the park she decides she might just stay by the car and look at the water. Fair enough, she still isn’t allowed to get her heart rate up. | Dangermum says she is confident she’ll be able to walk the required 250m, however once we get to the park she decides she might just stay by the car and look at the water. Fair enough, she still isn’t allowed to get her heart rate up. | ||
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| + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 So pensive.jpg|thumb|Guarding the car]] | ||
Dangerdad and I leave her to it and soldier forward, promptly encountering a No Trespassing sign. | Dangerdad and I leave her to it and soldier forward, promptly encountering a No Trespassing sign. | ||
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| + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 No trespassing .jpg|thumb|Yes Trespassing]] | ||
The gate isn’t locked, so it’s clear they don’t really mean it. | The gate isn’t locked, so it’s clear they don’t really mean it. | ||
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Me, “The respect of our fellow GeoHashers.” | Me, “The respect of our fellow GeoHashers.” | ||
| − | Dangerdad, | + | Dangerdad, “And how many of those are there?” |
Me, “About four.” | Me, “About four.” | ||
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Dangerdad, “Four?” | Dangerdad, “Four?” | ||
| − | Me, | + | Me, “I think one of them lives in Germany though, which is exciting.” |
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| + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 Waterway.jpg|thumb|Real glad this was empty]] | ||
What initially looked to be a wide waterway across our path turns out to be dry, so we easily clamber down, across and up the other side. After engaging in the traditional GPS shuffle, we are greeted with the happy green flag of success and take another selfie. | What initially looked to be a wide waterway across our path turns out to be dry, so we easily clamber down, across and up the other side. After engaging in the traditional GPS shuffle, we are greeted with the happy green flag of success and take another selfie. | ||
| − | On the way back, | + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 Hash hooray.jpg|thumb|Victory]] |
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| + | On the way back, we find some mushrooms to forage. Hello, lunch. And also some mushrooms to not forage. We leave those alone. | ||
| − | + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 Forage.jpg|thumb|These are the good ones]] | |
As we head back through the No Trespassing gate I realise that Dangerdad has been wearing his house slippers the whole time. He claims they are his ATSs, or All-Terrain Slippers. | As we head back through the No Trespassing gate I realise that Dangerdad has been wearing his house slippers the whole time. He claims they are his ATSs, or All-Terrain Slippers. | ||
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| + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 Slipper.jpg|thumb|Cinderella]] | ||
Back at the car, Dangermum has befriended a local family and the children are excitedly showing her a collection of leaves. | Back at the car, Dangermum has befriended a local family and the children are excitedly showing her a collection of leaves. | ||
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Dangermum, to me, “So did you find the thing you had to find?” | Dangermum, to me, “So did you find the thing you had to find?” | ||
| − | Dangermum wants to | + | Dangermum wants to go for a drive, so we take the backroads home. Here is a list of things we see:<br> |
| − | · Crimson rosellas | + | · Crimson rosellas<br> |
| − | · Horses | + | · Horses<br> |
| − | · Cows | + | · Cows<br> |
| − | · Wedge-tailed eagle | + | · Wedge-tailed eagle<br> |
| − | · A pig | + | · A pig<br> |
| − | · Sheep | + | · Sheep<br> |
| − | · Camels | + | · Camels<br> |
| − | · Alpaca | + | · Alpaca<br> |
| − | · Corellas | + | · Corellas<br> |
· Swans | · Swans | ||
I didn’t photograph any of them, but you can imagine them if you like – especially the camel, that’s fun to imagine. | I didn’t photograph any of them, but you can imagine them if you like – especially the camel, that’s fun to imagine. | ||
| − | We make it home, and everyone is much less cranky. | + | We make it home, and everyone is much less cranky. I guess wholesome family feelings were the prize all along. That, and freshly-foraged mushrooms on toast. |
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| + | [[File:2023-04-10 -37 143 Delicious.jpg|thumb|Delish]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 20:06, 18 April 2023
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Location
Just past Kirks Reservoir. Gong Gong, Victoria
Participants
- KT
- Dangermum
- Dangerdad
A Wholesome Family Adventure
I’ve tried explaining GeoHashing to my parents a few times, usually when they ask about the dent in the back of my car.
Generally there’s frowning, some confusion, and questions like, “So… what is it you’re supposed to find at the point?”
Anyway, Dangermum recently had a health wobble so I’ve been staying with them in Ballarat.
Now that she’s out of hospital and the adrenaline of medical excitement has worn off, everyone in the house is cranky and a little stir-crazy.
So I look up today’s location on a whim and lo it is 6km from the house, 250m from the nearest road, and situated inside the picturesque Kirks Reservoir Park. I declare a Family Adventure.
“Why?”
“Where are we going?”
“Do we have to take a selfie?”
“Are you taking us to get hash?”
Gosh, parents have so many questions.
We drive to the reserve, and on the way we see some crimson rosellas and a wedge-tailed eagle so it’s already a win.
Dangermum says she is confident she’ll be able to walk the required 250m, however once we get to the park she decides she might just stay by the car and look at the water. Fair enough, she still isn’t allowed to get her heart rate up.
Dangerdad and I leave her to it and soldier forward, promptly encountering a No Trespassing sign.
The gate isn’t locked, so it’s clear they don’t really mean it.
We walk awkwardly on the steep side of the reservoir, the grass boggy from the recent (and also sort of current) rains. The hashpoint is about 150m away.
Dangerdad, for at least the third time, “So what are we supposed to find at this place again?”
Me, “Nothing.”
Dangerdad, “Nothing?”
Me, “The respect of our fellow GeoHashers.”
Dangerdad, “And how many of those are there?”
Me, “About four.”
Dangerdad, “Four?”
Me, “I think one of them lives in Germany though, which is exciting.”
What initially looked to be a wide waterway across our path turns out to be dry, so we easily clamber down, across and up the other side. After engaging in the traditional GPS shuffle, we are greeted with the happy green flag of success and take another selfie.
On the way back, we find some mushrooms to forage. Hello, lunch. And also some mushrooms to not forage. We leave those alone.
As we head back through the No Trespassing gate I realise that Dangerdad has been wearing his house slippers the whole time. He claims they are his ATSs, or All-Terrain Slippers.
Back at the car, Dangermum has befriended a local family and the children are excitedly showing her a collection of leaves.
Dangermum, to me, “So did you find the thing you had to find?”
Dangermum wants to go for a drive, so we take the backroads home. Here is a list of things we see:
· Crimson rosellas
· Horses
· Cows
· Wedge-tailed eagle
· A pig
· Sheep
· Camels
· Alpaca
· Corellas
· Swans
I didn’t photograph any of them, but you can imagine them if you like – especially the camel, that’s fun to imagine.
We make it home, and everyone is much less cranky. I guess wholesome family feelings were the prize all along. That, and freshly-foraged mushrooms on toast.
